Wendung · 🌸 Euphemism and tact
Ayer desvincularon a tres personas de mi área.
Yesterday they let three people go from my department.
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Warum jedes Wort dort steht, wo es steht
AyerAdverbyesterdaydesvincularon1Verbthey let go (lit. unlinked)desvincular · Vergangenheit · 3. Pers. Pl.a2Präposition(personal a)tresBegleiterthreepersonasNomenpeoplepersona · fem. · Pl.dePräpositionfrommiBegleitermy1. Pers. Sg.área3Nomendepartment (lit. area)fem. · Sg..
- desvincularon → a: desvincular a + person
- a → personas: personal a before people
- mi → área: mi área
Wörtlich: “Yesterday they unlinked three people from my area.”
Warum sie so gebaut ist
Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.
- 1desvincular (Chile, Peru, Argentina and elsewhere) = to let someone go (lit. to unlink): corporate euphemism for firing. Formal register: impersonalisation, nominalisation and correspondence →
- 2Personal a before a human direct object. The impersonal 3rd plural names nobody as responsible. Direct object pronouns and personal a →
- 3el área: feminine, but el before stressed a- (las áreas). Here = department. Articles: el, la, un, una; al and del →
Varianten
- Ayer despidieron a tres personas de mi área.
- Ayer dieron de baja a tres personas de mi área.
- Ayer prescindieron de tres personas de mi departamento.